Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- Installing SmartFabric OS10
- Preparing for an upgrade
- Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 certificate expiration and recommended action
- Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments
- Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC VxRail deployments
- Supported upgrade paths—Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments
- Platform-specific prerequisites
- Prerequisites for solution deployments
- Upgrading OS10 software
- Downgrading OS10 software
- Upgrade PCIe firmware from DIAG OS
- Upgrade PCIe firmware from OS10 hshell
- Links to ONIE Firmware Updater and DIAG OS Release Notes
- Frequently asked questions
Preparing for an upgrade
This chapter provides you a list of prerequisites that you must ensure are met before you upgrade the SmartFabric OS10 nodes
in your network. Review the information in this chapter carefully and plan for your upgrade.
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 certificate expiration and
recommended action
Specific versions of OS10 (see Affected versions) use X.509v3 certificates for VLT peer establishment and SFS cluster
formation. This default certificate expires on July 27, 2021. LKB 184027 provides steps for addressing this issue, including
either executing the script to update the default certificate or upgrading to a version that does not use the certificate.
For systems that do not have the default certificate updated or are running a version that uses the X.509v3 certificates for VLT
peer or SFS cluster convergence (Affected versions), see the Supported Upgrade Paths section for details:
● Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments
● Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell EMC VxRail deployments
● Supported upgrade paths—Dell EMC PowerEdge MX deployments
NOTE: Before you update the certificate, ensure that the clock on the switch shows the correct time.
● For SmartFabric OS10 Deployments:
Affected versions: Include the following:
○ 10.3.2E(R3P1)
○ 10.4.0E(R3SP2) through 10.4.0E(R4SP2)
○ 10.4.1.4 through 10.4.3.6P5
○ 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.7P3
Fixed versions: The following OS10 release versions come with new default certificates that address the certificate expiry
issue:
○ 10.4.3.7
○ 10.5.0.9
○ 10.5.1.9
○ 10.5.2.6
See Supported upgrade paths—Full Switch mode deployments for more information.
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For SFS VxRail Deployments:
SFS cluster members use X.509 certificates to establish communication. See Supported upgrade paths—SFS mode in Dell
EMC VxRail deployments.
● For PowerEdge MX Deployments
For PowerEdge MX7000 Ethernet switches that run any of the following versions with new certificates installed, see
the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition for PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis User's Guide for upgrade
instructions:
○ 10.4.0E(R3SP2)
○ 10.4.0E(R4S)
○ 10.4.0E(R4SP1)
○ 10.4.0E(R4SP2)
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